Genres: Traditional Country, Honky Tonk, Bakersfield Sound, Western Swing Revival Active: 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, CA
Johnny Cash, Lefty Frizzell, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Emmett Miller, Tommy Collins, Jimmy Work, Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, Elvis Presley, Woody Guthrie, Phosphorescent Harlan Howard, Hank Thompson, George Strait, Dwight Yoakam, Buck Owens, Willie Nelson, Faron Young, George Jones, Bonnie Owens, Wynn Stewart, Bobby Bare, Don Rich, Stoney Edwards, Johnny Paycheck, James Burton, Tom T. Hall, Tammy Wynette, Gene Watson, Scott Joss Brooks & Dunn, Clint Black, Bill Chambers, Billy Don Burns, Jerry Jeff Walker, Dwight Yoakam, Eugene Chadbourne, Grateful Dead, The Flying Burrito Brothers, George Bedard, The Blasters, Joe Ely, Laura Cantrell, Junior Brown, Rank and File, Radney Foster, Rodney Crowell, The International Submarine Band, Michael Nesmith |  |
As a performer and a songwriter, Merle Haggard was the most important country artist to emerge in the 1960s, and he became one of the leading figures of the Bakersfield country scene in the '60s. While his music remained hardcore country, he pushed the boundaries of the music quite far. Like his idol, Bob Wills, his music was a melting pot that drew from all forms of traditional American music -- country, jazz, blues, and folk -- and in the process, developed a distinctive style of his own. As a performer, singer, and musician, he was one of the best, influencing countless other artists. Not coincidentally, he was the best singer/songwriter in country music since Hank Williams, writing a body of songs that became classics.
On Demand
 Video
 iTunes
 Lyrics
 Ringtones
| Merle Haggard |
America First |
|
| |  |
 |
|
Release: April 20, 2010
Label: Vanguard
|
|
|
Release: November 11, 2008
Label: Shout! Factory
|
|
|
|
|
|
Buy CD
© 2010
